#4E94E5#4E94E5

#4E94E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.141 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E94E5
RGB	rgb(78, 148, 229)
HSL	hsl(212, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 35.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, 3.31, -47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 47.63, 273.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.0397 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.141 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8695, 28.4538, 78.1369)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E94E5 #E59F4E

analogous

#4EE0E5 #4E94E5 #534EE5

triadic

#4E94E5 #E54E94 #94E54E

tetradic

#4E94E5 #E54EE0 #E59F4E #4EE553

square

#4E94E5 #E54EE0 #E59F4E #4EE553

split-complementary

#4E94E5 #E5534E #E0E54E

monochromatic

#1857A1 #1F74D6 #4E94E5 #83B4ED #B9D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4E94E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#4E94E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E94E5

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E94E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E94E5	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7099E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e94e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 148, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.141 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb3ed',
    500: '#4e94e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e94e5;
$custom-light: #8eb3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e94e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.185,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65802,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E94E5

secondary

#E4CAAA

accent

#7A0FD7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F5FD

border

#CCCFD5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E94E5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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